microcephalus
English
Noun
microcephalus
- (uncountable) An abnormally small head.
- A person suffering from microcephaly.
Latin
Etymology
New Latin; from Ancient Greek μῑκροκέφᾰλος (mīkroképhalos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /miː.kroˈke.pʰa.lus/, [miːkrɔˈkɛpʰäɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mi.kroˈt͡ʃe.fa.lus/, [mikroˈt͡ʃɛːfälus]
Adjective
mīcrocephalus (feminine mīcrocephala, neuter mīcrocephalum); first/second-declension adjective
- (New Latin) small-headed, microcephalic (having an abnormally small head)
Usage notes
- Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | mīcrocephalus | mīcrocephala | mīcrocephalum | mīcrocephalī | mīcrocephalae | mīcrocephala | |
| Genitive | mīcrocephalī | mīcrocephalae | mīcrocephalī | mīcrocephalōrum | mīcrocephalārum | mīcrocephalōrum | |
| Dative | mīcrocephalō | mīcrocephalō | mīcrocephalīs | ||||
| Accusative | mīcrocephalum | mīcrocephalam | mīcrocephalum | mīcrocephalōs | mīcrocephalās | mīcrocephala | |
| Ablative | mīcrocephalō | mīcrocephalā | mīcrocephalō | mīcrocephalīs | |||
| Vocative | mīcrocephale | mīcrocephala | mīcrocephalum | mīcrocephalī | mīcrocephalae | mīcrocephala | |